Letter: Columnist's bias colors any objectivity when it comes to abortion

I know no one who would read the grand jury report of the investigation of the Gosnell clinic operation and not find the activities of Kermit Gosnell criminal. This is why Jodine Mayberry's column of May 10 upsets me. As so many other supporters of abortion rights, she has lost her objectivity. And for a journalist, that is the saddest thing of all.

Gosnell is on trial for infanticide, murder. In part, this was allowed to happen because the system failed. Yes, the state Health Department dropped the ball on this one, big time. But, the local Planned Parenthood centers and Planned Parenthood itself is part of that system. They knew what was going on and did very little, if anything.

I am a physician and have a professional and moral responsibility to all patients to blow a whistle when I witness, either directly or indirectly, inappropriate behavior within my medical community. The health of humanity is at stake.

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Planned Parenthood says it cares for women's health and their rights, but chose to do nothing. They knew what was going on at 3801 Lancaster Ave. and remained mute.

And this is why reading the column saddens me. It appears the author has become so blind to the issues in this case, because of her bias, that she ignores the problem of unsafe clinics and providers, and instead focuses on championing the right to an abortion, as though that right does not exist.

Well, I'll let you in on a secret. Abortion is legal in Pennsylvania. But it must be provided safely, at any and all cost.

But Planned Parenthood argued vehemently against regulations, which are now a part of Pennsylvania law, that make abortion clinics safer. Go figure.